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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AG77 Publication ID: Spring 1999 
Title: Revision to the Covered Areas Provision for Reformulated Gasoline 
Abstract: Under authority of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, EPA promulgated regulations to require a cleaner burning reformulated gasoline (RFG) in nine mandated areas of the country with the worst ozone air pollution problems. These areas are designated as covered areas (e.g., areas in which non-RFG (conventional gasoline) is prohibited from being sold or dispensed to the ultimate consumers of the gasoline). The RFG regulations also include a provision which allows a State, upon petition by the Governor, to have other areas designated as nonattainment for ozone included as covered areas under the Federal RFG program (the opt-in provision). This action will expand the opt-in provision to include areas that formerly were in nonattainment for ozone as well as areas presently in nonattainment for ozone. This action will give States the flexibility to use the RFG program in their maintenance plans and as contingency measures for those areas that have been redesignated to attainment status but are in need of ozone controls to maintain that status. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 80   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7545 CAA sec 211   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  03/26/1997  62 FR 25074   
Final Action  09/29/1998  63 FR 52093   
Additional Information: SAN No. 3843
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State 
Small Entities Affected: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Karen Smith
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
6406J,
Phone:202 564-9674
Fax:202 565-2084
Email: smith.karen@epa.gov